Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-11
RAILWAY RUMBLES.
Personal and General Notes of Local
Interest.

f. Moran, d. & Il. G. agent at Bingham
junction, came down yesterday on the road
to California.
The Central or, more properly speaking,
Southern Pacific road, is substituting, for
the old silver palace cars, a line of entirely
new Pullman cars, the most elegant COM
modious and beautiful in the world. Twenty
of these palatial abodes on wheels are to be
put on the road at once. An inspection of
the San Rafael" in company with Colonel
Coolidge, the gentlemanly agent at Ogden
disclosed the fact that nothing is lacking in
the new structures that tends to comfort,
ease, quiet, beauty and safety.
A writer in the RaillUay Ne,CS, in speaking
of the building of the Union Pacific road
has this to say of the entrance of the line
into Utah: Every nation under heaven was
represented in this band of men that were
pushing their way with logged determine
ton to the Great Salt Lake Valley, and all
their wants had to be met from base of
supplies thousand miles in the rear of the
advancing host. The scattered settlers and
ranchmen became partners i'll the great
work, and the Mormons from Salt Lake and
the long outlying valleys, the homes of the
faithful, according to Brigham Young, CON
tributed their full share. The ruins of the
little stone cabins, rudely constructed, and
the rude cotiin-like sleeping apartments,
with room for only one occupant, are still
to be seen at points on the road where these
men were engaged in their work. 1t seemed
as though every living; moving being in the
mountains or on the plains had come to CON
tribute something to the work. Even the
Indians, mainly the squaws, graded por-
tions of the road"
The Denver Ne,Cs of the 9th says: The
last spike on the Texas, Santa Fe Northern
railway was driven last night, and the CAPT
tai of New Mexico and Denver are now
virtually connected by a through railway
system, The completion of this road will
be of inestimable value to both cities, and
merchants believe that it will rapidly de-
velop the country lying between them and
bring increased trade to Denver Heretofore
Kansas City has captured most of this trade.
An excursion is to be given to the prominent
business men of Santa Fe in short time
and the eXcursiOnists will be the guests of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Il. l.. White, of Muscogee, Indian Terri
tory, went East to-day.
The Italian line of steamships have issued
a circular showing the reduction in prepaid
rates as follows; Naples to New York, $50;
Genoa Leghon, Palermo and Messina to
New York, $24; New York TO Gibraltar,
Marseilles and Genoa, S2S; New York to
Naples and Leghorn, $50; New York to
Palermo and Messina, 1874.
M. p. Benton, of the Union Pacific Office,
will return tomorrow from Idaho, where he
has been to perfect arrangements for an
excursion.
Mr.. G.. M. Cummings has been appointed
assistant general manager of the U. +. sys-
tenn, with office at Omaha. Mr.. Cummings
is also in charge of the land department.
General Passenger Agent j.. w. Morse, of
the Union Pacific, has issued n circular to
the press giving the rules TO be observed by
the newspapers and by the road in their